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Pakistan: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 76 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
21.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.8 pointsfrom 19.4%
Average, 2016–2025
19.4%10 years
Record high and low
29.5% (1987)low 5.09% (1951)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203120.1Forecast
203019.1Forecast
202918.3Forecast
202818.5Forecast
202718.5Forecast
202619.0Forecast
202521.2
202419.4
202319.3
202220.0
202118.5
202020.3
201919.1
201819.1
201719.1
201617.7

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Pakistan documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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